WVC 17 - 17 - 4
§17-17-4. When bridge deemed a nuisance; abatement.
Every bridge across the Ohio River hereafter erected or
commenced, wholly or in part within the jurisdiction of this
state, contrary to the provisions of the two next preceding
sections, and every railroad bridge across the Great Kanawha or
Big Sandy River hereafter erected or commenced, wholly or in part
within the jurisdiction of the state, contrary to the provisions
of said sections, shall be deemed a public nuisance, and, so far
as the same is within the said jurisdiction, may be abated and
the construction thereof prevented and enjoined by presentment,
indictment, or bill in equity in the name of the state or other
remedy appropriate to the case; and it shall be the duty of the
attorney general, as well as of the prosecuting attorney of the
proper county, to cause proper proceedings to be instituted and
prosecuted to abate, prevent and enjoin such work, as soon as
they shall be credibly informed that the same has been or is
about to be commenced. But the provisions of this and the
preceding sections shall not apply to the portion of the Great
Kanawha above the falls of said river, known as the falls of the
Kanawha.

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